Nível de satisfação da imagem corporal em crianças com diferentes estágios de maturação

Abstract

Maturity is considered as a continuous process and implies progress towards maturity. With the biological changes in the maturational process adolescents incorporate their new body images. The present study aims to analyze body image satisfaction at different maturational stages in schoolchildren. We evaluated 207 subjects, schoolchildren, of both sexes, aged between 10 and 12 years. It was used the bone age prediction protocols (CABRAL, 2011) and for the evaluation of Body Image was used the scale of silhouettes (KAKESHITA, 2008). The parameters used for the BMI were the cutoff points of the percentiles distribution, according to The age and sex proposed by the World Health Organization (2005) and the software SOMATOTYPE calculation and analysis®, 2001- Swet Techonolies for somatotype analysis. The statistical tests used were chi-square, intraclass correlation (ICC) and logistic regression (odds rattio) with the respective confidence intervals (95% CI). In our results we found a prevalence of dissatisfaction with the body image of 63.8% p <0.001, being greater in the male sex 67.1%. In both sexes the subjects who are with the accelerated maturation have greater dissatisfaction with the Body image (Girls p = 0.01-boys p = 0.04) wishing to decrease their silhouette scale p <0.001. When we report to the intraclass correlation of the current and desired body image, subjects with accelerated maturation have higher agreement when compared to the other stages and subjects with accelerated maturation have 2.88 (IC: 1.03 - 8.05) More chances of body image dissatisfaction when compared to the normal stage. We conclude that boys are more dissatisfied with their body image and that in all maturational stages there is dissatisfaction with body image, but in the delayed and accelerated stage there is a higher prevalence. Subjects who have accelerated maturation have greater agreement between the responses of the current and desired Image and are statistically twice as likely to be dissatisfied with their body image as compared to the normal stage.